. Commercial rabbit raising. Rabbits. COMMERCIAL RABBIT RAISING 11 Metal Hutches.—Several designs of wire hutches are available com- mercially or you can build your own. Plans and specifications may be obtained from commercial firms who advertise in the various rabbit journals. A metal hutch that saves labor in caring for animals and is simply designed and economical to build is a combination two-compart- ment all-wire hutch. An all-wire quonset-shaped hutch (fig. 6) has several advantages. It is easy to clean, neat in appearance, and requires less wire than a stand- ard rectangular hutch. The
. Commercial rabbit raising. Rabbits. COMMERCIAL RABBIT RAISING 11 Metal Hutches.—Several designs of wire hutches are available com- mercially or you can build your own. Plans and specifications may be obtained from commercial firms who advertise in the various rabbit journals. A metal hutch that saves labor in caring for animals and is simply designed and economical to build is a combination two-compart- ment all-wire hutch. An all-wire quonset-shaped hutch (fig. 6) has several advantages. It is easy to clean, neat in appearance, and requires less wire than a stand- ard rectangular hutch. The hutch features a door that opens up over the top. When open, the door does not occupy aisle space or interfere with feeding and cleaning operations. In addition, when this type of hutch is single- tiered at waist height, you can reach all the corners without plac- ing your head and shoulders inside the door opening. Quonset-shaped hutches can be adapted to fit any type of rabbitry where hutches are protected. They are most easily constructed in units—two hutches per unit. BILL OF MATERIAL FOR TWO QUONSET- SHAPED HUTCHES IN ONE UNIT The following material will be needed to build one unit containing two hutches—each hutch will be 3 feet long and 21/^ feet wide: Floor: One piece of welded, 16-gage galvanized wire, 1- by l/^- inch mesh, 3 feet wide by 6 feet long. Top: One piece of welded, 14-gage galvanized wire, 1- by 2- inch mesh, 4 feet wide by 6 feet long. Ends and partition: Three pieces of welded, 14- gage galvanized wire, 1- by 2-inch mesh, IV^ feet wide by 21/2 feet 11527-D FIGURE 5.—Semienclosed hutches for use in cold Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Casady, R. B. (Robert B. ), 1917-; Sawin, Paul B. (Paul Baldwin), 1900-; Van Dam, J. Washington, D. C. : U. S.
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